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nounThe system of optional diacritics attached to Hebrew letters that indicate vowels and consonant variations.
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Transliteration from Hebrew ניקוד / נִקּוּד (nikúd, niqqūd, “dotting, endotment”).
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Arabic نِيقُود, نِيقُود
- نِيقُود (nīqūd)system of diacritics for Hebrew
- نِيقُود (niqud)system of diacritics for Hebrew
Finnish nikkud
- nikkudsystem of diacritics for Hebrew
French nikkudot
- nikkudotsystem of diacritics for Hebrew
German Nikud
- Nikudsystem of diacritics for Hebrew
Hebrew נִקּוּד, ניקוד
- נִקּוּדsystem of diacritics for Hebrew
- ניקוד (nikúd)system of diacritics for Hebrew
- נְקֻדּוֹתsystem of diacritics for Hebrew
- נקודות (nekudót)system of diacritics for Hebrew
Italian nikud
- nikudsystem of diacritics for Hebrew
Japanese ニクダー
- ニクダー (nikudā)system of diacritics for Hebrew
Polish nikud
- nikudsystem of diacritics for Hebrew
Russian нику́д, некудо́т
- нику́д (nikúd)system of diacritics for Hebrew
- некудо́т (nekudót)system of diacritics for Hebrew
- огласо́вка (oglasóvka)system of diacritics for Hebrew
Spanish nikud
- nikudsystem of diacritics for Hebrew
Yiddish ניקוד
- ניקוד (niked)system of diacritics for Hebrew
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APA
nikud. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nikud
MLA
“nikud.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nikud. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nikud,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nikud.
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